All things Halloween are to be had once again this year Oct. 5 to 31 at Mr. Jack O\u2019 Lanterns Pumpkin Patch at 6710 La Jolla Blvd.
\n“What we\u2019ve created here is a one-stop shop,” said pumpkin patch owner Brandon Helfer. “We have all the Halloween costumes, home decor, anything you could possibly think of. It\u2019s essentially a megastore.”
\nAdded Helfer, “We want our customers to come to have a good time, experience the patch and be able to get their costumes, and they\u2019re not running around all over.”
\nThe idea, said Helfer, was to create a place where people can come in and get their pumpkins, a Halloween costume, or to bring their kids to frolic in the bounce houses or at the pumpkin-carving and game-playing stations, all geared toward pumpkins, at the popular festive fall La Jolla attraction.
\nThere\u2019s even a petting zoo for youngsters.
\n“We\u2019ll have little chickens, bunnies and guinea pigs,” said Helfer of his menagerie.
\nThe pumpkin patch morphs into Mr. Jingles Christmas Trees, the family\u2019s other seasonal business, starting Thanksgiving running through Yuletide.
\nHelfer said this is the eighth year his family has sold Christmas trees, the third year for Halloween and the second year for costumes at the La Lolla vacant corner lot.
\n“Our game plan is to create an experience for people,” said Helfer adding they host lots of school and church field trips treating them to pumpkin carving, story time and all the different accessories and attractions for kids.
\nThough the pumpkin patch is open less than a month, planning for it actually takes considerably longer. Pumpkins for the patch were ordered a month ago from Northern California. It takes a full three days to set up the patch with all its accessories and attractions.
\nBut it\u2019s all worth it, said Helfer.
\n“Our customers have a great time here and it\u2019s family oriented,” he said noting, “We have a haunted maze in the back with fog. It\u2019s a cool setup.”
\nThere is no charge to enter the pumpkin patch. Tickets selling for $1 are available to pay for the various attractions and games kids play.
\nThe popular pumpkin patch is also in the Halloween home-decor business.
\n“We have things people like to decorate their homes with like tombstones and ghosts,” said Helfer. “We do pumpkin and hay deliveries to people\u2019s homes. Our goal is to make it as convenient as possible for our guests.”
\nPumpkins costing $3 to $50 depending on size can be delivered for a fee depending on location. A hay bale will set you back $15.
\nThere are even pumpkins for cooking available through the patch. Costumes sell in the $10 to $75 range.
\nHelfer said he\u2019ll offer a 10 percent discount for those who found out about the pumpkin patch through the La Jolla Village News.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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